It's uncanny how some critters who were a source of awe and giggles during childhood have transformed into inconvenient menaces now that you garden. But that's just pillbugs for you. Curling into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you’ve ever picked up a flower pot on your patio or dug around in a pile of mulch, you’ve probably seen a roly ...

Pillbugs and sowbugs are not bugs at all. Unlike our other garden inhabitants, they are a type of crustacean called an isopod. They are more closely related to lobsters and shrimp than to any insect.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most isopods, including pill bugs, have 7 pairs of legs. Utilizing pleopodal lungs creates a permanent respiratory constraint on ...

It's time to move your flower pots back indoors -- frosty weather is here to stay. That means you'll annoy the crabby little pill bugs hiding underneath planters, water-logged doormats and potting ...

If you've ever picked up a flower pot on your patio or dug around in a pile of mulch, you've probably seen a roly poly. The common name, given to both pillbugs and sowbugs, is appropriate because of ...